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[ 2 syll. bet-hel, be-th-el ] The girl name Bethel is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced BEHTHahL or BEHTHEHL †. Bethel is of Hebrew origin and it is used mainly in English. The name Bethel means 'from God's house'. A form of the name is the name Bethelle. Another variant of Bethel is the English and Hebrew short form Beth. Bethel is rare as a baby girl name. At the peak of its usage in 1917, 0.010% of baby girls were named Bethel. It had a ranking of #632 then. The baby name has suffered a marked decline in frequency since then, and is used only on a very modest scale now. Out of all girl names in its family, Bethel was nevertheless the most widely used in 2008. Bethel has in the last century been mainly given to girls. Baby names that sound like Bethel include the name Bethelle, the Hebrew Bat-El, the Irish Bedelia, and the Irish Bidelia.
† Pronunciation for Bethel: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; TH as in "theta (TH.EY.T.AH)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; TH as in "theta (TH.EY.T.AH)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
